West Ham United beat Everton 3-1 at Goodison Park on Sunday.
West Ham United finally picked up their first points of the Premier League season as they convincingly beat Everton 3-1 at Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon.
The Hammers came into the game having lost each of their four league games under new boss Manuel Pellegrini, with many expecting a major response after the international break, having lost 1-0 to Wolverhampton Wanderers with a last-gasp goal in their last outing.
The travelling Hammers fans got exactly what they wanted, as they saw their side blow Marco Silva’s Everton away, starting with Marko Arnautovic breaking clear of the defence before squaring for Andriy Yarmolenko, who hit home the opener from close range.
Poor distribution from Everton stopper Jordan Pickford saw Yarmolenko gain possession down the right flank, and he was able to cut inside and curl home a stunning second on his left foot for the Hammers.
Midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson did pull one back for Everton before the break with a fine header from Jonjoe Kenny’s cross, but West Ham manager to see out the storm and even managed to kill the game off when Pedro Obiang found Arnautovic, who converted to make it 3-1.
West Ham had a couple of late scares, with Oumar Niasse hitting the crossbar, but they have returned to East London with all three points, and a host of stars impressed in claret and blue this afternoon.
After picking up a first win of the season, West Ham players were understandably buoyant, and five of them took to Twitter on Sunday to send messages to fans celebrating the win.
Carlos Sanchez, Fabian Balbuena, Lukasz Fabianski, Declan Rice and Arthur Masuaku all took to Twitter to thank fans for their support and to celebrate a crucial three points, with Masuaku predicting better results on the horizon after the victory.
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